Yes they do. I really love the ‘sea anemone’ nature of the seating but must admit to being completely challenged by scaling etc….could you draw me in a person? Does this mean that they are sort of squishy to sit on also? Or perhaps their base/stem is anchored in some odd way which means they are not quite stable (wobble…) or have more flexibility of movement than usual?

I like the sea anemone analogy. It, and Stefan’s drawing, remind me of the marbles at Naoshima http://www.flickr.com/photos/ippei-janine/2691679529/ which are also in a dark courtyard which frames the night sky. In fact the Southwark courtyard could be a sculpture gallery as well everything else. I’ll aim to do a blog post about it.

Tando Ando trained as a boxer and a carpenter, not as an architect, and it makes one wonder about the standard pattern of architectural education, as does the career of Joseph Paxton. Maybe we should train our students in boxing, carpentry and gardening!